ISS TonightSee the ISS from Quito, Ecuador
The International Space Station is visible from Quito 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 10 Nov at 04:37 (very bright, 73° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov 18:30–18:35 |
Bright mag -2.3 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 21° up in the SE Disappears E, 12° up |
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| Wed 4 Nov 19:19–19:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 20° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 18:31–18:37 |
Very bright mag -3.4 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 64° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 05:20–05:26 |
Bright mag -2.0 |
Appears N, 10° up Highest 29° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:34–18:37 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears W, 10° up Highest 12° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:33–04:37 |
Faint mag -0.9 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NE Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 05:21–05:27 |
Very bright mag -3.3 |
Appears NW, 10° up Highest 43° up in the SW Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 04:36–04:40 |
Very bright mag -3.6 |
Appears N, 57° up Highest 73° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Wed 11 Nov 03:51–03:52 |
Faint mag -0.8 |
Appears ESE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the ESE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 04:39–04:40 |
Fairly bright mag -1.6 |
Appears SSW, 17° up Highest 17° up in the SSW Disappears S, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Quito (America/Guayaquil). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Quito: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.
How to spot it
Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.
Other cities in Ecuador
Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.